Tag: Infection Department

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Ten Most Frequently Asked Questions on Malaria and Artemisinin

On October 5, 2015, the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Professor Tu Youyou (read: Tu You You) of our country. This is also the first time that Chinese researchers have won the Nobel Prize in Science and Technology. This award is precisely to reward the great contribution of artemisinin discovered by Professor Tu Youyou and her team to the world’s fight against malaria. However, when congratulating Professor Tu on winning the award, many people must not be familiar with malaria and artemisinin. Dr. Clove took this opportunity to explain common problems. Is what malaria? Malaria is an infectious disease caused by a parasite called Plasmodium. It is transmitted through the bites of infected mosquitoes. This Read More …

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Nobel Prize Gift-Research Road of Antimalarial Drug Artemisinin

Malaria, a millennium demon tormenting all mankind Malaria, also known as swinging, is one of the most terrible diseases in human history transmitted by mosquitoes. In the classification of infectious diseases in our country, it is listed as Class B infectious diseases together with SARS, AIDS, syphilis and anthrax. This is a typical tropical disease. In ancient times, when Guangdong, Guangxi, Guiyang and Yunnan were still barren lands, [miasma], that is, malaria, had become a [devil] that everyone turned pale at the sight of. Even Kangxi was infected with malaria in his forties. It was only through the emergency delivery of [cinchona frost], that is, quinine, by French missionaries that the dragon did not return to heaven. In modern times, Read More …

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Does food heating cause nutrient loss?

Seafood, red meat, salad… One of the reasons many people like to eat raw is that heating will destroy the nutrition of food, while eating raw can completely preserve the nutrition of food. Is this really the case? In fact, it is not true. To judge according to the situation: 1. Notwithstanding the loss, But eating more can make up for vegetable foods such as vegetables, They do cause some nutrient losses during cooking and heating, Such as vitamin C and B vitamins. However, These losses can be compensated by increasing consumption, Cooked vegetables tend to be easier to eat. For example, When you go to the vegetable market to buy a kilo of vegetables, you often have a large Read More …

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What should I do about [acclimatization]? Can eating tofu relieve it?

I don’t know how many people are like me, After college, almost all the high school knowledge was returned to the teacher, But some anecdotes and anecdotes gossiped in class, Still imprinted in my mind. For example, there was a macho male math teacher in our high school. With a size of 1.85 meters, Pectoral muscles are more developed than I can reach in my whole life. Daily dress is meticulous, The style of doing things is swift and resolute, He is also the gold medal coach of Olympic mathematics in our province. Therefore, he also charmed many young girls of that age and some young men… He had a class before the college entrance examination. I don’t know how Read More …

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What should I do about [acclimatization]? Can eating tofu relieve it?

I don’t know how many people are like me, After college, almost all the high school knowledge was returned to the teacher, But some anecdotes and anecdotes gossiped in class, Still imprinted in my mind. For example, there was a macho male math teacher in our high school. With a size of 1.85 meters, Pectoral muscles are more developed than I can reach in my whole life. Daily dress is meticulous, The style of doing things is swift and resolute, He is also the gold medal coach of Olympic mathematics in our province. Therefore, he also charmed many young girls of that age and some young men… He had a class before the college entrance examination. I don’t know how Read More …

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Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine, help you solve big trouble

Many middle-aged and old friends are often troubled by many diseases due to their aging bodies. Now everyone is very concerned about chronic diseases such as hypertension, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia. In fact, many infected venereal diseases are also threatening our health. There is a bacterium that can cause many diseases and deserves everyone’s attention. This is Streptococcus pneumoniae. Small bacteria cause big trouble. Although Streptococcus pneumoniae is so small that it can only be seen clearly under a microscope, friends should not underestimate it. It is very capable of [tossing and turning] and is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Streptococcus pneumoniae is originally a bacterium that normally exists in our nasopharynx and oral cavity. When people’s immunity is normal, it can Read More …

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Do you want tetanus if you are bitten by a rabbit?

Recently, I received a phone call from a mother, saying that the child was bitten by a rabbit and the doctor asked her to be vaccinated with drugs to prevent tetanus. However, when she was allergic to domestic drugs, the doctor recommended her to be vaccinated with imported drugs. So the mother went all over the world looking for imported drugs to prevent tetanus. I can feel from the phone that the mother is very worried. I am also worried, worried that the clinician’s treatment of trauma has fallen into a vicious circle of mechanical thinking and over-treatment. In fact, this kind of situation does not need tetanus! Why? Is what tetanus? The clinical manifestation of tetanus is cramp and Read More …

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Away from AIDS, only [be careful] love, can [rest assured] love

If the questions about HIV/AIDS are to be ranked according to the number of questions, such questions as [whether AIDS will occur] will undoubtedly win the [championship]. From the beginning of the study of HIV virus to the work of HIV-related counseling in some public welfare organizations, the author can’t remember how many times he has answered similar questions-[will kissing spread AIDS] [will oral fights not get AIDS] [what if the condom breaks]… Questioners often have [fear of AIDS] emotions after having intimate behaviors with others. Although most people know that HIV is mainly transmitted through sex, mother-to-child and blood, [sexual] transmission is the most concerned thing in daily life. So, if a person [accidentally] has high-risk sex with others, Read More …

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Although raw cockles taste delicious, be careful to infect hepatitis a.

At the end of autumn and the beginning of winter, aquatic products from all over the country are on the market in large quantities. For gourmets, it is also a good time to eat all kinds of [fresh rivers, fresh lakes and seafood]. Scapharca subcrenata: the main culprit of hepatitis a outbreak Diners living near the Yangtze River valley, For a long time, I have always liked such delicacies as clams and drunk crabs. Moreover, the method of eating clams in some areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai is quite simple. Soak the clams in boiling water, then pry open the shell, add some seasoning to the half-baked clams meat, and eat them directly. Some even think that the clams Read More …

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Probiotics Prevent Antibiotic-Related Diarrhea or Backfire

Antibiotic-related diarrhea is not uncommon. Among patients treated with antibacterial drugs, The incidence rate ranges from 25% to 30%, and is more common when amoxicillin/clavulanic acid antibiotics (amoxicillin) are used. Antibiotic-related Clostridium difficile infection is also not uncommon, accounting for about 1/3 of antibiotic-related diarrhea patients. Clostridium difficile has now become a part of nosocomial infection. As over-the-counter drugs become more and more readily available, the use of probiotics has greatly increased. When patients are using antibacterial drugs, doctors even routinely recommend the use of probiotics to prevent antibiotic-related diarrhea. However, a large-scale study (PLACIDE study) found that there was no significant difference in the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection or antibiotic-related diarrhea between probiotic group and placebo group. Interestingly, Read More …